dowager queen

Many viewed him as being manipulated by his scheming mother, dowager Queen Frederica.

Many viewed him as being manipulated by his scheming mother, dowager Queen Frederica.

Pat Carroll, 95, who after many years on television as the self-described “dowager queen of game shows” went on to earn critical acclaim for her work on the stage, died July 30 at her home on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Pat Carroll, who after many years on television as the self-described “dowager queen of game shows” went on to earn critical acclaim for her work on the stage, died on Saturday at her home on Cape Cod, Mass. She was 95.

Until February 1952, the dowager queen outranked her granddaughter.